Edith Wolf

For the American poet and philanthropist, see Edith Anisfield Wolf.

Edith Wolf

Wolf competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal information
Birth name	Edith Hunkeler
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1972-07-30) 30 July 1972 Altishofen, Switzerland
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	T54
Event	Wheelchair racing
Retired	2015
Medal record Representing Switzerland Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Marathon – T54 2012 London 5000m – T54 2004 Athens 1500m – T54 2004 Athens 5000m – T54 2012 London 800m – T54 2012 London 1500m – T54 2008 Beijing 1500m – T54 2012 London 400m – T54

Edith Wolf (née Hunkeler, born 30 July 1972) is a Swiss former wheelchair racer, who competed in the T54 classification. Wolf competed at a range of distances from 400m to marathon length events and is a multiple World and Paralympic Games winner. Wolf has also eight major marathon titles to her name having won the women's wheelchair race at the Berlin Marathon (2011), Boston Marathon (2002 and 2006) and New York Marathon (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009).

Personal history

Hunkeler was in a car accident at age 22 which left her a paraplegic. She began wheelchair racing two years later.

Athletics career

At the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished 6th in the demonstration sport of Women's 800m wheelchair. She also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where she won a silver medal in both the 1500 metre and 5000 metre races. At the 2008 Paralympics, she took bronze in the 1500 metres and a gold in the marathon. She advanced to the finals of the 5000 metres, but crashed and caused a pile-up shortly before the end of the race. She broke her collarbone in the accident and was disqualified from participating in the re-run of the race.

She won the women's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009. She was honored by New York Road Runners on November 1, 2018, during TCS New York City Marathon Race Week.

External links

• Edith Wolf at the International Paralympic Committee
• Edith Wolf at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Edith Wolf-Hunkeler at the Swiss Paralympic Committee (in German and French)